Foodaroo: 9th Annual Summer Celebration of Vermont Food, Beverages, Buskers, Bakers and Music
Sunday, August 11, 2024, 4:00-8:00 p.m. (Weather date: Sun., Aug. 18)
Middlebury's Historic Marble Works; River Front Park, Outside 137 Maple St. Middlebury, VT 05753

On Sunday, August 11, the ninth-annual Foodaroo festival comes to Middlebury's Historic Marble Works District overlooking the falls. Presented by Middlebury Underground (MUD), Foodaroo is a family-friendly festival that celebrates Vermont's culinary artisans and beverage makers, with an emphasis on Addison and Chittenden County vendors and farms. From food trucks to brick-and-mortar operations, this event is dedicated to showcasing creative, farm fresh cuisine. Attendees taste their way through the festival while enjoying acclaimed live and curated music, street performers, kids' activities, baking competitions and much more. Cover $5 (cash). Kids 12 and under FREE. Food and beverages available to purchase. Foodaroo is proud to donate a portion of proceeds to The Giving Fridge, a community organization dedicated to offering free and subsidized meals purchased from local restaurants and made with ingredients from local farms and producers.

TASTE VERMONT: Foodaroo 9 will feature all-time festival favorites, as well as newcomers, providing a delicious taste of the farm-to-table lifestyle that is a hallmark of our state. Food and beverage vendors include: American Flatbread; Church Street Cheesesteaks; La Chapina (Guatemalan!); Dougy Fresh (gyros!); Omakase (Japanese/sushi); Crazy Cotton Candy Lady; Emily's Home Cooking with The Giving Fridge; Mexico in Vermont; Rollin' Rooster; Steven's Farmstead; Crooked Ladle; Lulu Ice Cream; Three Squares; Mahjara Spice (Indian!); The Melted Cheesiere; Thingz From Yaad (Jamaican!); So-Full Sisters; Taste of Abyssinia (Ethiopian!); Shiretown's BBQ; Taco Truck All Stars; Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream; WhistlePig Whiskey; Shacksbury; Zero Gravity; Appalachian Gap; Lincoln Peak; Aqua ViTea Kombucha; Stone Leaf Tea House, Golden Rule Mead and more! Beer, wine, hard cider, and summer cocktails will be offered at two American Flatbread bars, plus sampling from other alcoholic vendors.

A FEAST FOR ALL SENSES: Foodaroo is about food and performance that exhilarates and engages all ages. This year's festival is proud to welcome TWO celebrated street performers: Boston's Jason Escape, a Houdini-style escape artist; and Los Angeles's Colin Campbell, a street performer and comedian who has been featured on Comedy Central. Hip-Hop DJ sensation Serena Kim (who DJ'd the Yankees' third World Series victory party) will kick off the festival with a Motown set and conclude the evening with Disco. Foodaroo also features spectacular live music from Mark Daly as he reunites his popular band Madaila for an exhilarating set. All emceed by WVTK's Ted Richards.

TWO KING ARTHUR FLOUR BAKING CONTESTS – FOR KIDS & ADULTS! Foodaroo is honored to host a King Arthur Flour baking contest – joining the ranks of about 180 fairs and festivals nationwide that offer these exciting competitions. For more information on this year's pie competitions, please visit: www.middunderground.org/kingarthur.

Foodaroo is brought to you by Middlebury UndergrounD (MUD), and is sponsored by the Marble Works Partnership, American Flatbread, the Addison County Independent, WVTK, WhistlePig Whiskey, Shacksbury, Zero Gravity, Appalachian Gap, Neat Repeats, the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, Two Brothers Tavern, J.P. Carrara & Sons, Casella, ACSWMD Waste Warriors, Heritage Ford, IPJ Real Estate, r.k. Miles, National Bank of Middlebury, Deppman Law PLC, Vermont Gas Systems, Middlebury College, the Better Middlebury Partnership and other contributors. General admission is $5 cash, with kids 12 and under FREE. Food can be purchased directly from vendors on the day of the event.

Middlebury UndergrounD (MUD) is a 501(c)(3) multidisciplinary arts and event production organization seeking to bring the diverse cross-sections of our community together around unique, shared experiences.

For more information, go to foodaroo.org

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